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JITTERBUG CLASSES WILL MEET MARCH 4, 11,25 & APRIL 1 COST: $30 PER COUPLE. $40 FOR ADVANCED JITTERBUG fmi: www.tamu.edu/aggie wranglers | The week of February 28 - March 4 Acct 229 Fart I Mon Mar 1 5pm-7pm OR 7pm-9pm Fart II Tue Mar 2 5pm-7pm OR 7pm-9pm Part III Wed Mar 3 Spm-7pm OR 7pm-9pm Fart IV Thu Mar 4 5pm-7pm OR 7pm-9pm Acct 230 Test Review Sun Feb 28 6pm-9pm Acct 230 Tig«r Man Ft I Tmc Mar 2 9pm-l2am Tiger Man Ft 11 Wed Mar 3 [o 9pm-l2»m Tiger Man Ft l Thu Mar 4 9prn-t2am Tiger Man Ft 11 Sun Mar 7 9pm-l2am Bana 303 Dr. Anthony Test Review Sun Feb 28 7pnr»-9pm mmmm a Bana 303 Dr. Stein Sc Dr. Haylett Part I Sun Feb 28 9pm-11pm Fart 11 Mon Mar 1 7pm-10pm Fart III Tue Mar 2 7pm-10pm Econ 202 Dr. Gilbert Part I Sun Feb 28 9pm~12am Part II Mon Mar 1 9pm-l 2am Econ 203 Dr. Ultmcr & Dr. Moroney Fart I Sun Feb 28 9pm-11 pm Fart II Mon Mar 1 9pm-11pm Part III Tue Mar 2 9pm-1I pm Part IV Wed Mar 3 9pm-l 1 pm Fine 341 Part 1 Mon Mar 1 7pm-9pm Part II Tue Mar 2 7pm-9pm Part HI W ed Mar 3 7pm-9pm Part IV Thu Mar 4 7pm-9pm Mgmt 211 P.art.1 Wed Mar 3 5pm~7pm 7 pin-9 pm 9pm-11 pm PartJLl Thu Mar 4 r — 5pm~7pm 1— 7pm-9pm ilaxJJL Sun Mar 7 — | 5pm-7pm p EarUI 7pm-9pm 9pm-llpm Fart III Mon Mar 8 5pm-7pm 7pm-9pm 9pm-1Ipm I Ipm-lam 4.0 & Go is loc Tickets g< ated on the corner Check our web 3 on sale Sunday a of SW Pkwy and T page at http://wwvi t 5:00 PM. x Ave, behind KFC r.4.0andGo.com next to Lack's. ICOMING TO YOUR WORLD COLLEGE PROGRflm WHEN: March i, 1999 12 6:00 pm WHERE: 292 AB Memorial Student Center The Walt Disney College Program is about friends, experiences and opportunities you’ll discover as you live, learn and earn in our world. STOP BY AND DISCOVER A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES AT DISNEY. www.coreermosaic .com/cm/wdw/wdw 1. hf ml © Disney Drawing Creativity from Diversity Page 12 • Thursday, February 25, 1999 News Program studies China site BY AMANDA SMITH The Battalion The Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) has embarked on a re search expedition to the South China Sea to study the evolu tion of the Asian monsoon in order to better understand global climate change and its impact on human history. ODP will study six sites in two contrasting geographic re gions: a northern region locat ed 211 miles off the shore of Hong Kong and a southern re gion located northwest of Bornea. The South China Sea was chosen for the study because the seafloor sediments indicate variable and intense monsoons in the winter and summer months. Jack Baldauf, deputy direc tor of the Ocean Drilling Pro gram, said ODP conducts re search involving volcanism, sea floor spreading and earth quakes. “All of these [studies] give us a piece of the global puzzle,” Baldauf said. “The earth is dy namic. We have emphasis on looking at the evolution of the “The earth is dynamic. The driliing in China is only part of a much larger picture.” — Jack Baldauf Ocean Drilling Program monsoons and comparing them to other regions. The drilling in China is only part of a much larger picture.” Texas A&M scientist Peter Blum is drilling in the South China Sea with co-chiefs, Pinx- ian Wang of Tongji University, and Warren Prell, of Brown University. ODP, an international part nership of governments and scientific institutions, is con trolled by Joint Oceanographic Institutions with Texas A&M University managing science operations. It receives funding from the National Science Foundation (NSFJ and its inter national partners. The People's Republic of China has con tributed research in earth sci ences and was added as an ODP associate member in spring 1998. High pressure systems over northern Asia and northeast winds across the South China Sea are characteristics of the winter monsoon. Low pressure systems over Tibet and south westerly winds over the Arabi an Sea are characteristics of the Psychiatrist si convicted killc may act out ag summer monsoon. Weekly reports from the crew traveling with the ODP can be accessed online. Legislators propose prohibiting lawsuits against gun makers AUSTIN (AP) — At a time when a number of U.S. cities are considering suing gunmakers to re cover costs of gun-related violence, several state legislators said Wednesday they want to prohibit such lawsuits in Texas without the Legislature’s approval. The bill’s sponsors said the lawsuits follow a questionable legal theory and are little more than gun control in disguise. “These lawsuits are ludicrous. They’re nothing but a backdoor attempt at gun control,” said Rep. Suzanna Gratia Hupp, R-Lampasas. Rep. Rick Green, R-Dripping Springs, said it’s the gun-wielding criminal — not the gun manu facturer — who should be held responsible. “It’s no different than going after Ford or Chevy if the getaway car in a bank robbery happens to be a Ford or a Chevy,” Green said. “We don’t believe you can go after a manufac turer that has created and produced an inanimate object, and they’ve done it legally, and they've sold it legally and it’s non-defective,” he said. The bill would prohibit any state agency or lo cal governmental unit, including cities and coun ties, from filing lawsuits against legal gun or am munition manufacturers, trade associations or sellers without the Legislature’s consent. The bill wouldn’t take the right to sue from any individual, and governmental bodies still could sue gun makers over breach of contract or war- .! ASPER, Texas (AP) - A while victed of dragging a black mantade probably cling to his racist belieie lash out violently again, a ps)» Wednesday told that jury thatwii | whether the defendant shouldliveni I Other prosecution witnesses a 1 ,1 William King, the white supreme I victed Tuesday in the slaying of Janie: Jr. last June, acted up in jail byte to assault a police investigatorandsE a TV set. A defense expert, however,saidat tence would be appropriate for the; old former laborer. Dr. Walter Quijano, a forme; c chologist for the Texas prison system private practice, said he based thai sion on King's lack of drug useania he used no weapons during previoii: In Texas, a person serving a life si cannot become eligible for parole 40 years. “The probability of people at age>i mining violence is very low," Qite A bailiff said King fell asleepdi jano’s testimony. King was sitting£j| fense table, his head in his hand, 1 apparently drifted off for a few min Dr. Edward Gripon, a forensicpsi who testified for the prosecutiona?| viewing King’s writings andphon his racist tattoos, said he doubtsifii? shake his beliefs. “Anyone who has white supra any other kind of racist feelings,!! heavily invested in that kindofite not going to just go away,” Gripon The psychiatrist also said: "Ifeellie pose a continued threat for futureao; olence” The jury will probably be giventa on Thursday. Byrd, 49, died June 7 whenhewas[ nearly three miles behind a pickup0 BY i chained by his ankles. Two other men, ShawnBrl ore tha uals ft Station rday m inth at eplant ne envi tilduring i his yea nwith. at the icki Sn a senioi fcaid 30C be plar [We [Rc be poi Ibemov bn pots Supreme Court clears way for execution of German man Y2K computer bug's may mi into nuclear weapons, gas ink FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court Wednesday and cleared the way for the execution of a German citizen who had picked the gas chamber over lethal injection. The federal appeals court had ruled earlier in the day that the use of cyanide gas was cruel and un usual punishment, just as Karl La- Grand had calculated when he chose the gas chamber. The state had appealed the rul ing to the nation’s high court. LaGrand, 35, had been sched uled to die Wednesday afternoon for fatally stabbing a bank man ager during a botched robbery in 1982. The execution in the gas chamber was rescheduled for ear ly Wednesday evening. His brother, Walter, 37, is set to die in the gas chamber next week for the same crime. The brothers’ request for death by cyanide, a method far more painful than injection, was a cal culated move designed to keep them from becoming the first Ger man citizens to be executed in the United States since World War II, when several prisoners of war were hanged. Attorneys for the LaGrands, who have been on death row since 1984, gambled — successfully — that an appeals court would buy their argument that gas is cruel and unusual punishment. A three- judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unani- WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian missiles, Chinese power systems and Mideast shipping could all face breakdowns because many foreign countries are failing to face up to the seriousness of the Year 2000 com puter problem, the CIA told Con gress on Wednesday. Air Force Gen. John Gordon, CIA deputy director, told a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that Russia appears particularly vulner able, raising concerns about the safety of its missiles, nuclear plants and gas pipelines. “We do not see a problem in terms of Russian or Chinese missiles automatically being launched” be cause of Y2K-related problems. But computer glitches could cause local accidents if temperature or humidi ty monitors malfunction, or Russian Pana Ai ising c Diiieerin s are t icate th missile early wamingsisaDniun put out incorrect inform® BkepU foreign missile launches,fojf iple said. He said thePentagotWPgethi consulting with the Ro:^Ipnent how to avoid that danger, Ncomr A special Senate comr. wv.inon the Y2K problem was hi Ip to p draft of a report findingl#Pe’envir United States, while well ate irhisy most of the rest of theworii las chosi ing computers, is likelyloflIons i ence some disruptions ir Ian the t care, electric power andfw ite The bution. ■from “All sectors of the ay many of which provide services that are vital tooid and well being, are at risk ! Robert Bennett, R Christopher Dodd, D-Comd their Senate colleagues. 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Evans Library Annex Ribbon Cutting Reserves Reading Room Friday, February 26, 1999 3-5 p.m. Services will be available but seating will be limited during this time. ra c^i ra c=i ra m na ci EL9 STUDY ABROAD SCHOLARSHIP Ric OPPORTUNITIES For U.S. ciliz.ens only Pick up an application for the HE Study Abroad Grant in the Study Abroad Office, 161 Bizzcll Hall West Deadline is 4:00 pm March 11, 1999 Don’t Delay or this opportunity might fly away .. ■CT=iMi=WiajtlB*j|uwulL.ij| Ee Ms ttee (g 'fican [ty thro ^fican U Hara fc at R I w e u at ten, r e a nd, ’ B AC 5 a §err The f e: Td trib ? d the c [Ppinp Nov Jhonai enter 10 dan c Wed „